March 2012
52hearts:
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I wish I knew of home to be of somewhere else, and not in the city of your arms, or lost inside the jungle of your bed hair, or along the steep hills of collar bones;
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I wish I knew of home to be of somewhere else, and not in the hidden cave between your shoulder blades, or the soft meadow of your jawline;
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I wish I knew of home to be of somewhere else, and not in...
I ought to give thanks, I think,
to Mr. Higgins,
who furnishes my...
– Dr. Seuss, 1980. Acceptance speech for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for lasting contributions to children’s literature. (via tapwaterjackson
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